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September 29, 2015

After a successful weekend of curling at Braehead the next destination for the Goldline Scottish Curling Tour is Dumfries, 16th - 18th October 2015.

There is still 1 space for a men's or a mixed team. Sections 1 and 2 kick off the weekend at 11am on Friday 16th October. Organisers are keen to get make the numbers even so any teams interested should contact Dumfries ice rink or Graham Sloan.

Some fantastic prizes are on offer:¼ Finalists will receive £100 per team ½ Finalists will receive £250 per team Runner Up will receive £300 Winner will receive £700
Stay connected to the GSCT site for updates across the weekend.

September 27, 2015

Grant Hardie and his team of Blair Fraser, Dave Reid and Billy Morton are the winners of the first GSCT event of the season!
Hardie and MacDonald had a good tustle in the final, with Hardie 1 up, with hammer, going down the last. The final few shots from both skips were fantastic, but it was Hardie who emerged victorious 6-5, gaining tour points, the Braehead Open trophy and £650 prize money.

In the low Rd, Stuart Taylor won the mini shenkel, with Kubeskova coming second.

A special thanks to Jayne Stirling for her work as photographer this weekend, with the above shots being hers too! Plenty more can be seen on GSCT Facebook page.

Thanks to Braehead and look forward to seeing you all in Dumfries, 16-18 Oct!

With the Hardie rink of Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid & Billy Morton already through to the final, thanks to an 8-2 victory over Cameron Bryce, all eyes were on the semi between MacDonald and Mouat. It was a cracker of a game and was peels after normal time. So it was down to a draw shot for a place in the final!
Bruce managed to get very close to the button, but the reigning Scottish champion held his nerve and nailed the "poppy".
So, the MacDonald rink of Ewan MacDonald, David Edwards, Ruairidh Greenwood and Euan Byres will face team Hardie in the Final.
Bryce and Mouat will face off in the 3 v 4.

The final round of the low road Shenkel also takes to the ice.

With top quality curling and rugby world cup on the box, some people's heads may explode!

It's down to the last few, as the high road semis take to the ice.
Bryce will take on Hardie in one semi and Mouat will play MacDonald in the other. MacDonald having a bit more of a rest between games, after John Havercroft decided to shake hands after only 4 ends, with a 7-2 scoreline.

In the low road Shenkel, wins went to A Taylor, Valfridsson, Kubeskova and S Taylor.

Ok folks, strap yourselves in and I will try my best to explain the format for last night and today!
After the initial 3 rounds, teams Mouat and Jackson from A and Bryce and MacDonald from B went straight to today's quarters.

September 26, 2015

After a few technical difficulties yesterday, Saturday's live linescoring is running smoothly!
If you want to check out the teams that are competing, go to the GSCT facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/222253851142939/ for the team lineups and tune in there this afternoon for some action from the games.

Other
local teams include: Andrew Taylor, John
McCall, Pete Lumsden, Ken Horton and Gary
MacFarlane, the later few presumably starting their build up for the
Scottish Seniors and not to be underestimated!

There
are plenty of teams who have travelled from afar, including Sweden, Czech Republic, England, Wales and Ireland, who will be trying to upset
the home teams.

The competition will be played in a schenkel league system in which teams
will play 3 games in the preliminary rounds with the third preliminary round
game depending on league ranking position. The league ranking positions will be
based on points, ends, shots scored, in that order.

Twenty teams will be competing in the
competition split over two groups of ten teams. Teams ranked 1st and 2nd in
Section A and B will progress direct to The Quarter finals, while teams ranked
3 to 6 in each of the two sections will progress to the High Road Knock-Out
stage. The winning teams in the High Road Knock-Out stage will go on to
the Quarter-Finals.

The eight teams that do not qualify for the High
road, go into a schenkel Low Road, and play 3 further games, the Low Road
winner will be the team which comes out top in the Low Road League.

The bar will be open throughout the event, for
spectators and food will be available from before the first sessions.

September 17, 2015

There are still a few spaces available at this years Dumfries Open, Friday 16th - Sunday 18th October.

The organising committee is looking for 1 additional ladies team in order to complete the line up.

2 spots for men's teams are also still available.

Dumfries is sporting a new ice layout for this season which is designed to improve ice conditions. Entries will play a minimum of 4 games. Full details are below:

Dumfries Open takes place on Friday 16th - Sunday 18th October
Entry fee £250
New Ice Layout for this season to improve Ice conditions
Minimum of 4 games per team
For entries email info@dumfriescurling.co.uk